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About
John Kennedy is a Republican U.S. Senator from Louisiana who previously served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017.
Background
John Kennedy was born in Centreville, Mississippi, and raised in Zachary, Louisiana. He graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University before earning a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and an advanced law degree with first class honours from Oxford University. Before entering politics, he worked as a partner at a law firm and later served as an adjunct professor at the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
Political career
John Kennedy began his political career in Louisiana as special counsel and a cabinet member to Governor Buddy Roemer before serving as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue and later as the state treasurer from 2000 to 2017. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched his affiliation to the Republican Party in 2007. After unsuccessful bids for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and 2008, he was elected in 2016 and sworn in as a U.S. senator on January 3, 2017.
Current focus
Kennedy, John represents the state of LA in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy, John currently serves on the Border Security and Immigration, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Department of Defense. They have sponsored 219 bills in the current Senate, including S. 4622; S. 4512; S. 4500.
Committee Assignments
119th Congress
- Border Security and Immigration
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Department of Defense
- Department of Homeland Security
- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- Economic PolicyChair
- Energy and Water DevelopmentChair
- Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights
- Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Privacy, Technology, and the Law
- Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Senate Committee on the Budget
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- the Constitution
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
118th Congress
- Border Security and Immigration
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Department of Defense
- Department of Homeland Security
- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- Economic PolicyChair
- Energy and Water DevelopmentChair
- Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights
- Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Privacy, Technology, and the Law
- Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Senate Committee on the Budget
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- the Constitution
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Legislative Activity
219
Bills Sponsored
10
Recent Votes